According to the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy, the Chicago Cubs have officially asked the Boston Red Sox for permission to speak to their general manager, Theo Epstein, about a position with the Cubs.

The Red Sox’s brass met today to discuss the request, but as of yet have not responded. Because Epstein is under contract through 2012, the Red Sox could deny the request. Alternatively, they could grant the request, or conditionally grant the request, seeking compensation from the Cubs should they eventually hire Epstein.

Please sign Prince Fielder. The other candidate everyone is listing as a frontrunner is Baltimore, and I don't want to be paying that lardass $20+ million a year 6 or 7 years from now when he can't hit slowpitch softball anymore...

Twitter was buzzing with news that a Cub delegation was going to Boston today to meet with Red Sawx officials to discuss bringing Theo here. If we pull this off, it's an incredible turn of events and the right start to building a winner. I'm ignoring what edso thinks because guys who can't change a tire don't have valid baseball opinions.

I get that things are bleak in Chicago....I see this as no different than when Rex Grossman came to town and everyone got giddy over him being the saving grace of the Bears franchise

when the dust settled and the smoke cleared, he was plain, old Suxy and even Chicago (most of it) saw him for what he was......but because the QB situation has been SO bad there, people wanted so very badly for him to be the White Knight........